Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces
Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017.
Dec 14, 2017 / Nick Turse
‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa ‘The Party Continues’: Don’t Expect Big Changes in Southern Africa
Robert Mugabe and Isabel dos Santos might be out, but the region’s ruling parties aren’t going anywhere.
Nov 29, 2017 / Judith Matloff
A US Immigration Case Offers a Rare Day in Court for Victims of Liberian War Crimes A US Immigration Case Offers a Rare Day in Court for Victims of Liberian War Crimes
Gruesome details of Liberia’s civil wars emerge from a Philadelphia courtroom.
Nov 28, 2017 / Robbie Corey-Boulet
Robert Mugabe and the Poisonous Legacy of British Colonialism Robert Mugabe and the Poisonous Legacy of British Colonialism
Britain left behind two evil legacies when Zimbabwe gained independence: the harsh lesson that violence works, and a grotesquely unequal distribution of farmland.
Nov 21, 2017 / James North
The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco The Revolutionary Potential of Journalism in Morocco
Despite free-speech reforms, Moroccan reporters work in a “perpetual state of dread.”
Nov 17, 2017 / Benjamin Lesire-Ogrel and Cole Stangler
America’s Expanding ‘Shadow War’ in Africa America’s Expanding ‘Shadow War’ in Africa
Are we prepared to ignore our own Constitution and shred international law, claiming the right to attack anywhere at will?
Nov 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Osama bin Laden’s Plan Worked Osama bin Laden’s Plan Worked
He got exactly what he wanted: endless US wars in the Muslim world.
Oct 31, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt
US Double Standards in the New Cold War US Double Standards in the New Cold War
The mainstream American political-media narrative, which powerfully influences the possibility of war or peace with Russia, is dangerously unbalanced.
Oct 25, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why Are American Soldiers Fighting and Dying in Niger? Why Are American Soldiers Fighting and Dying in Niger?
Twenty days after the combat deaths of four US soldiers, there are more questions than answers.
Oct 24, 2017 / James Carden
Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Eloquently Calls the West to Account for the Refugee Crisis Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Eloquently Calls the West to Account for the Refugee Crisis
The walls, fences, and brute force currently used to control this tide are shown to be not only barbaric but futile.
Oct 24, 2017 / Sarah Aziza